Their paper reveals that there is much more to eliciting a nod than simply lowering the pitch of the voice and pausing.
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Dr Morency knew from past experiments that lowering of vocal pitch and pausing were both cues likely to draw a nod from a listener, so these were things that he programmed the system to look out for.
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But there is something about a small town that has never gone a single day, in almost 150 years, without a passenger train pulling in and pausing to see if anyone would like to step out onto the streets of Garden City, or if anyone from Garden City would like to climb aboard and join the other cross-continental travelers...
The best defense is offered by a small team of U.S. Marines, guided by the veteran hand of a staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart), which, taking its cue from highly decorated video games, meets and defeats the invaders at every turn, closing in on their underground command center and pausing only briefly to deliver what some historians have already hailed as the dumbest dialogue of the year.
The app live streams every NFL game in HD and allows for pausing, rewinding and fast forwarding through the action.
It took me pausing and getting real with myself about what I wanted.
You can control both screens independently, pausing and rewinding each separately so you never miss a second of the action.
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Once linked, the tablet can function as a remote for pausing and selecting content to stream, and users can personalize what ads and info they receive by providing details such as age, location and even clothing size.
There's value in pausing and reflecting on the anticipated catastrophes that we were spared through a combination of foresight, military skill, and the kind of luck that tends to favor forces that plan and work hard and wisely.
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World stock and commodity markets are pausing Friday morning after solid gains posted Thursday.
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Fed Chairman Bernanke will surmise in a speech that the economy is only pausing, and while the Fed will be watchful, action is not needed.
Pausing in 1976 and then in two big slams going all the way to a low of 3% in 1982.
Unfortunately, many of the most valuable images, including those of the Apollo 11 landing site, had degraded beyond repair, likely due to the normal but damaging process of pausing, rewinding and playing again and again.
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He assumes that Edward thinks the same, and so they treat this as a competition to see which man might stomp the fastest and the longest, each pausing only to check his progress against the other.
December silver futures are also pausing on the daily chart and no technical damage has occurred.
Some doctors say they look for signs of lying, such as avoiding eye contact, pausing or voice inflections, and other signs of anxiety.
Cross the bridge, pausing to admire the view, and climb Tower Hill to the Tower Of London.
Maybe some shoppers are pausing, looking at the protesters and deciding not to walk into the stores in search of holiday bargains.
Only by pausing, adjusting the game, and deciding which objects to go for, the player will obtain results and become an even better player.
Many a dirty look was thrown our way as we made our way through the throngs, in some cases pausing to set up the camera and film some color.
We can periodically stop responding to them in knee-jerk fashion by becoming aware of when they occur, pausing to check our reaction, and then responding in a more rational manner.
To their credit, both programs recognize continuous speech--that is, you can speak at a normal pace rather than pausing distinctly between words--and both are blessed with large vocabularies of over 20, 000 words.
Head down to Jordan, pausing to admire the ruins of Petra and to float in the Dead Sea.
Though it should be noted that some of the time, those gamers struggling for cash to pay for games are kids using allowance money, and you have to wonder the negative effects of pausing their already sedentary video game to plug sugary soda.
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December gold futures are pausing on the daily bar chart at present, and this pause is not bearish.
Guides steer motorised canoes deep into the region, pausing in remote villages to visit welcoming local families and lead art buying expeditions (bring waterproof packaging).
The president and Mr. Netanyahu spoke to members of the Israeli military, pausing to pose for photos in front of the Iron Dome.
Before joining the shareholder activists calling for CEOs to be held accountable and stripped of their more obvious excesses, it's worth pausing to think about why those perks exist in the first place.
"I will always keep very special memories of this court and it will be in my heart forever, " she said, pausing several times to find the right words.
In the celebrated hotspot of Hosier Lane, you will easily find dozens of visitors, young and old, wandering the street as if it were a gallery, pausing to consider each artwork in turn.
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